NOTE: ALL COVER IMAGES THIS PAGE ARE PROPERTY OF
PUBLISHER, but are scanned from my private collection.

SUMMARY: You get sharp full color photos of each of the projects, patterns are ALL full-size on a nice insert sheet that can easily be pulled out of the center of the magazine(though they print both sides, so they'll have to be traced or photocopied). Pix and instructions are listed separately(as with Needle & Thread) so you would have to do a lot of flipping back and forth if you want to reference the picture. Pattern designs are high quality with sophisticated detail and they stick to their theme, so you'd better love barnyard animals and hearts! They also provide a remarkable number of attractive and detailed doll and teddy bear patterns throughout their decade plus run. I really liked the craft editor's(Kathy Mackay Rankin) run of overview articles on a wide range of different crafts. I found them useful. There are no advertisements, so you don't have to flip through half the magazine to get to projects. This is definitely a worthwhile magazine to pick up! It had the extra virtue of also having a handful of tatting patterns scattered across its run, so it was a must-find for me. It took seven years, but as of August 2012 I can now boast of having a complete run of this title!

Reiman also put out a handful of magazines that collected certain types of patterns all in one place, so if you aren't interested in hunting down all the individual issues of say, teddy bears, you can hunt down "The Teddy Bear Book" and have a nice selection of the patterns. I've placed those special issues at the bottom of the bibliography. I think I've found all of them but not 100% positive, so please don't take this list as definitive. Below the collected patterns are the newsletters that accompanied the magazine issues in their early years. Again, I don't know if I have all of them.

Country Handcrafts becomes Crafting Traditions in June 1995...

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COUNTRY HANDCRAFTS: Ideas and patterns that compliment country living and country decorating Bibliography

Volume 2, Issue #1: Oct/Nov.(Autumn) 1983
Page Count: 67NOTES: The cover is brown and shows an Autumn color afghan spilling out of a willowbranch rocking chair with a grapevine basket sitting on floor next to it. I'll get the scan up as soon as I've replaced my broken scanner...

Being Published a Nice Boost For Custom-Clothing Designerby Jeanne Shay

Huck Weaving: Revival of a Lovely Old Needle Artby Pat Schatz

Garner Chuckles with 'Canned' Wall Hangings(cloth)by Delores Ruzicka

Huck Samplerby Pat Schatz

Bunny Jumper(applique)by Jeanne Shay

Zippered Cardigan in Jacquard Crochetby Gretta Howard

Willow Twig Boxby Bill Hess

Hornbeam Sled Kiteby Margaret Greger

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I don't know if there were any issues after this one - I've only ever run across one(1) lot that had this newsletter with them, they were with some of the much rarer very early issues I've had such a hard time finding.